Between the 1940s and 1980s, it was a marginal seat that frequently changed hands between the Liberals (and their predecessors) and Labor. Recent demographic changes have made it a fairly safe Labor seat.
As of the last federal election, Perth has held the strongest Greens vote of all seats in Western Australia, at 18.87%. The growing Greens vote in the seat has come largely at the expense of the Labor Party, whose primary vote has dropped by 11.93% since 1993, when the Greens first contested the division of Perth. The Greens won their first ever booth in the seat in 2019 when the party came first on primary vote in Northbridge. Additionally, the party came a close second in the Highgate booth based on primary vote and also achieved over 20% in 20 of the booths for the first time. In 2022, the Greens polled 22.1% and came a clear second in 18 booths and topped the primary vote in Northbridge, Highgate North and Mount Lawley East.
Geography
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[1]
In August 2021, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced that Perth's northern boundary would be altered to run almost entirely along Morley Drive. As a result, Perth's portion of the suburb of Noranda would be transferred to the seat of Cowan, while Perth would gain the suburbs of Joondanna, Tuart Hill, Yokine, the south-east of Osborne Park and the remainder of Coolbinia and Inglewood from the abolished seat of Stirling. In addition, minor changes would occur to Perth's portions of Dianella and Morley. These boundary changes came into effect for the 2022 Australian federal election.[2]
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This article is about the Australian federal electorate For the Western Australian state electorate see Electoral district of Perth The Division of Perth is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia It is named after Perth the capital city of Western Australia where the Division is located PerthAustralian House of Representatives DivisionDivision of Perth in Western Australia as of the 2021 redistribution Created1901MPPatrick GormanPartyLaborNamesakePerthElectors122 719 2022 Area80 km2 30 9 sq mi DemographicInner metropolitan Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Members 4 Election results 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit The city of Perth the division s namesake The division was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election It extends northeast along the north bank of the Swan River from Perth including suburbs such as Maylands Mount Lawley Bayswater Ashfield Bedford Morley Beechboro and the Perth city centre It is a primarily residential area although contains an industrial area at Bayswater and major commercial centres in Perth and Morley Between the 1940s and 1980s it was a marginal seat that frequently changed hands between the Liberals and their predecessors and Labor Recent demographic changes have made it a fairly safe Labor seat As of the last federal election Perth has held the strongest Greens vote of all seats in Western Australia at 18 87 The growing Greens vote in the seat has come largely at the expense of the Labor Party whose primary vote has dropped by 11 93 since 1993 when the Greens first contested the division of Perth The Greens won their first ever booth in the seat in 2019 when the party came first on primary vote in Northbridge Additionally the party came a close second in the Highgate booth based on primary vote and also achieved over 20 in 20 of the booths for the first time In 2022 the Greens polled 22 1 and came a clear second in 18 booths and topped the primary vote in Northbridge Highgate North and Mount Lawley East Geography EditSince 1984 federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state and they occur every seven years or sooner if a state s representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned 1 In August 2021 the Australian Electoral Commission AEC announced that Perth s northern boundary would be altered to run almost entirely along Morley Drive As a result Perth s portion of the suburb of Noranda would be transferred to the seat of Cowan while Perth would gain the suburbs of Joondanna Tuart Hill Yokine the south east of Osborne Park and the remainder of Coolbinia and Inglewood from the abolished seat of Stirling In addition minor changes would occur to Perth s portions of Dianella and Morley These boundary changes came into effect for the 2022 Australian federal election 2 Perth is bordered by the Swan River to the south and east the Mitchell Freeway and Kings Park to the west and Morley Drive to the north It includes the local government areas of the City of Perth the City of Vincent the Town of Bassendean most of the City of Bayswater and a portion of the City of Stirling Suburbs presently included are 3 Ashfield Bassendean Bayswater Bedford Coolbinia Dianella part East Perth Eden Hill Embleton Highgate Inglewood Joondanna Kings Park Leederville Maylands Menora Morley part Mount Hawthorn Mount Lawley Northbridge North Perth Osborne Park part Perth Tuart Hill West Perth YokineMembers EditImage Member Party Term Notes James Fowler 1863 1940 Labour 29 March 1901 June 1909 Lost preselection and then lost seat Commonwealth Liberal June 1909 17 February 1917 Nationalist 17 February 1917 16 December 1922 Edward Mann 1874 1951 Nationalist 16 December 1922 September 1929 Lost seat Independent Nationalist September 1929 12 October 1929 Walter Nairn 1879 1958 Nationalist 12 October 1929 7 May 1931 Served as Speaker during the Menzies Fadden and Curtin Governments Lost seat United Australia 7 May 1931 21 August 1943 Tom Burke 1910 1973 Labor 21 August 1943 10 December 1955 Lost seat Fred Chaney 1914 2001 Liberal 10 December 1955 25 October 1969 Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Menzies Served as minister under Menzies and Holt Lost seat Joe Berinson 1932 2018 Labor 25 October 1969 13 December 1975 Served as minister under Whitlam Lost seat Later elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1980 Ross McLean 1944 Liberal 13 December 1975 5 March 1983 Lost seat Dr Ric Charlesworth 1952 Labor 5 March 1983 8 February 1993 Retired Stephen Smith 1955 Labor 13 March 1993 5 August 2013 Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard Retired Alannah MacTiernan 1953 Labor 7 September 2013 9 May 2016 Previously held the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Armadale Retired Later elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 2017 Tim Hammond 1975 Labor 2 July 2016 10 May 2018 Resigned to retire from politics Patrick Gorman 1984 Labor 28 July 2018 present IncumbentElection results EditMain article Electoral results for the Division of Perth This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Western Australia Perth edit 2022 Australian federal election Perth 4 Party Candidate Votes Labor Patrick Gorman 40 066 39 25 5 66Liberal David Dwyer 27 294 26 74 12 24Greens Caroline Perks 22 621 22 16 3 79One Nation Cameron Bailey 2 749 2 69 0 03Western Australia Dave Vos 1 878 1 84 0 57United Australia Sonya Eberhart 1 605 1 57 0 23Animal Justice Sarah Szmekura Moor 1 535 1 50 1 50Christians Dean Powell 1 514 1 48 1 09Liberal Democrats Evan Nickols 1 407 1 38 1 38Australian Federation Aiden Gyuru 710 0 70 0 70Great Australian Sean Connor 702 0 69 0 69Total formal votes 102 081 94 42 1 20Informal votes 6 028 5 58 1 20Turnout 108 109 88 19 1 34Two party preferred resultLabor Patrick Gorman 66 151 64 80 11 57Liberal David Dwyer 35 930 35 20 11 57Labor hold Swing 11 57 Primary vote results in Perth Parties that did not get 5 of the vote are omitted Liberal Labor Australian Democrats Greens Australian Democrats One Nation Liberal Democrats Australia Independent Two candidate preferred results in PerthReferences Edit Muller Damon 14 November 2017 The process of federal redistributions a quick guide Parliament of Australia Retrieved 19 April 2022 https www aec gov au Electorates Redistributions 2021 wa files redistribution of western australia into electoral divisions august 2021 pdf bare URL PDF Profile of the electoral division of Perth WA Australian Electoral Commission Retrieved 24 April 2016 Perth WA 2022 Tally Room Australian Electoral Commission External links EditDivision of Perth Australian Electoral Commission Coordinates 31 54 36 S 115 54 18 E 31 910 S 115 905 E 31 910 115 905 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Division of Perth amp oldid 1136644611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
